A Conversation with Chelsea Manning

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

3680 Walnut St.

This location is ADA Accesible.

The event is sponsored by Penn's Annenberg School for Communication; Alice Paul Center for Research on Gender, Sexuality, & Women; Political Science Department; History of Sociology and Science Department; Government and Politics Association; LGBT Center; Lambda Grads; and Black Graduate and Professional Students Assembly.

As an intelligence analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense, Chelsea Manning disclosed classified documents to WikiLeaks that revealed human rights abuses and corruption connected to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She was convicted and sentenced to 35 years in a military prison, but released in 2017 after President Obama commuted her sentence. While in prison, Manning publicly identified as a trans woman and asserted her right to medical therapy.

Now an advocate for government transparency and queer and transgender rights, Manning will speak about topics including artificial intelligence (AI) and resistance in the age of AI; activism and protest; transgender issues; and the intersection of technology and people’s lives.

The conversation with Manning will be moderated by Gabriella Coleman, Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy at McGill University.

The event is open to Penn students, faculty, and staff only. Tickets are free but must be reserved through the Annenberg Center box office.